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Owen Waygood @owenwaygood.bsky.social · 2h

Shifting how people understand the problem is a critical step in creating cities that are safe for all. Well done @visionzerovancouver.ca and @tomflood.bsky.social !

Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 21h

Great teaming up with @tomflood.bsky.social on another billboard! Nothing can protect us from streets that are dangerous by design. Let's demand change together.

Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 21h

New billboard in town 👀

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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 2h

Great video from the CBC and creator network about the perils of the right turn on red aka “the right turn of death!”

Right turn on red is a flawed improvement that endangers road users for marginal gain. It should be banned.
youtu.be/AqDV13zzMao

Right Turn of Death | Creator Network

YouTube video by CBC British Columbia

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 11h

Enough.

Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.

an outdoor blllboard There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough, or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Picture of child biking in a painted bike lane

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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 17h

Study after study, data proves again and again that bike infrastructure saves lives.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 21h

New billboard in town 👀

Billboard reads: "There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough, or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Join us in fighting for safer streets. Vision Zero Vancouver and Rovelo Creative." Beside the text, a picture of a child riding a bike in a painted bike lane.

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 21h

Great teaming up with @tomflood.bsky.social on another billboard! Nothing can protect us from streets that are dangerous by design. Let's demand change together.

Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 21h

New billboard in town 👀

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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 1d

The hypocrisy is through the roof. Like God level hypocrite.

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold

OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...

www.thebeaverton.com

Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 1d

I refuse to go to any chain store, especially restaurants because it’s easy to find local ones, that pay minimum wage, employ temporary workers and only give out part time jobs.

Oddly specific and wide ranging boycott.

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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 3d

Intéressant article sur le plan de taxation des très riches en France. Il manque de chiffre par contre comme sur le départ des richesses en Norvège et aux UK. lp.ca/3QxbcQ?shari...

Planète économique | Faire payer les riches

Toutes les sociétés modernes font face au même déficit de moyens. Pour répondre aux besoins croissants des plus démunis, investir davantage dans l’éducation et la santé ou réparer des infrastructures ...

lp.ca

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting, but Canadians shouldn’t be too proud; much of the “urban” in Canada is still car-oriented SFH.

Canadian suburbs are denser than American ones. Density does not always translate into transit use or walkability.

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 4d

A Redditor made a graph of the percent of population of US and Canada metro areas over 1 million that live in a given density. When they ordered them by average density the lowest ranked Canadian metro area, Edmonton, was ranked 14th between Miami and Washington. 6 of the top 15 were Canadian metros

Graph of Canada and US metro areas with a breakdown of percentage of people that live in density density bands

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 7d

RELAX.

The @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social T-Shirt shop is now open with this and two other designs to start with.

Happy to have collaborated with TBL on these and really awesome that $5 from every shirt goes to a great org. bikinglawyermerch.myshopify.com

Person eating a white t shirt that says Relax, I’ll just be a minute. Image of a bike in front of two cars with person walking into shop

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 5d

The iPhone … YouTube … and bike share! Montreal's bicycle-sharing system BIXI has been named among the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine. cultmtl.com/2025/10/bixi...

BIXI named among top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine

TIME magazine has released a list of the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years, and Montreal's bicycle-sharing system BIXI is on it.

cultmtl.com

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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 5d

@visionzerovancouver.ca

Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 5d

Very interesting article about pedestrian deaths in the us. Fortunately canada does not suffer the same fate.

Almost doubled pedestrian deaths since 2010 in the us.

Most likely culprit is size of trucks.

Cellphone use cannot be tracked but we know it has an impact.

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 5d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 6d

Billionaire prevention programs such as wealth tax, progressive income tax are a must.
Billionaires are a real societal problem we should get rid of.

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Peter Waldkirch @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 12d

YIMBYs (like @ahvancouver.bsky.social) often say, "legalize apartments", or "end the apartment ban".

I don't want to speak for anyone else. But when I say that--things like this is what I'm talking about. No street, no neighbourhood, is too good for housing like this.

Housing is good!

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 13d

The New Vancouver Special - 50' lot edition.

Accessible single stair flats on a 50x122 lot.
12 family size homes (or) 24 small units.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 7d

Ah yes. The core principle of science that says one should start with the conclusion and then construct the evidence to support it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 9d

It is a BUSY week at City Council.

On top of ABC's Zero Sense motion that threatens deep cuts, there are a bunch of good and important motions on the agenda.

Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social has summarized it all here: www.votecope.ca/news/sean-or...

#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #FightForVancouver

Sean Orr: Upcoming Motions on October 8th — COPE Vancouver

Sean Orr here. Here’s a summary of this week’s big motions on October 8th. First up, we have a motion from Ken Sim to lock in a 1% property tax increase. He’s calling it 0% but it’s actually 1%...

www.votecope.ca

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 9d

One Way Street.

I made this using a victim blaming PSA that the RCMP created a couple of years back.

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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 10d

Tax dollars folks. Tax dollars well managed?

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 10d

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News

A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...

www.cbc.ca

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11d

preorder it now:

Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, Aaron Naparstek: 9780593850725 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything—and what we can do to fight back When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technolo...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Matt Holland @mrwindupbird.bsky.social · 14d

Great explanation of the shortcomings of this proposed bike infrastructure project

Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 14d

Burnaby is seeking feedback on their Southwest Bikeway upgrades, but some of the proposed options are... not good. If you live or ride through Burnaby, please read and tell them to take these upgrades seriously!

visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/10/01/t...

Tell Burnaby to take its Southeast Bikeway upgrades seriously

Burnaby wants to upgrade the Southeast Bikeway. We want you to ask for better.

visionzerovancouver.ca

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Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social · 13d

Parking minimums are an enormous strain on the financial viability of housing development projects. Parking is often not necessary in transit corridors.

Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard @wryimby.bsky.social · 19d

@jensvb.bsky.social; @tomdavidoff.bsky.social; @lausterna.bsky.social and Tsur Somerville
find that expediting permitting processes and reduced parking mandates were crucial components determining the success of BC upzonings:

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · Aug 24

Interesting new paper compares density upzonings in two similar BC cities that had dramatically different effects in terms of construction & value uplift.

Keys to the difference? Effects were only felt when upzoning was accompanied with expedited permitting processes & reduced parking requirements.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 14d

You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.

Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.

www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 14d

In the byelection, Ken Sim was served an eviction notice.

Rather than change direction, he & his billionaire-backed party have doubled down.

While ABC pushes a 0% election-year gimmick, we're building a movement to stop the cuts & demand fully-funded public services.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ken Sim proposes Vancouver property tax freeze in his final budget before next year's election | CBC News

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's final chance at delivering the type of low tax increases he promised in his election campaign will come to a head next week.

www.cbc.ca

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